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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

December 2195

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Lunar month 1029Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1111Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1112Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1113Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1114Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1115Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1116Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1117Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1118Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1119Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1120Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1121Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice22Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1123Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1124Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1125Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1127Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold5Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, December 24, 2195

Lunar 二一九五年 · 冬月廿三

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

A daily reflection is not a prediction. Use it as a prompt for attentive, self-directed choices.

24 Solar Terms

Follow the seasonal rhythm, from today into the next turn.

  1. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    2195-12-22

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2195-12-24

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    2196-01-05

    In 12 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Wed

    2196-01-20

    In 27 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

戊子

冬月廿三

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsMake an offeringBathingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

Traditional cautions for the day; treat them as a pause for discernment.

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

Avoid

Almanac information and Daily Insight are offered for traditional-culture reference and personal reflection only. They are not professional, medical, legal, or financial advice.

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